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Peter Sun: Flight Instructor (A Nation of Immigrants)

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I Believe You Can Fly. The host for this show is Chang Wang. The guest is Peter Sun.

After graduating from The University of Science and Technology of China in 1991, Peter came to America for graduate studies and became a successful actuary. Peter had a dream of flying airplanes ever since he was a child. After he took his first introductory flight in Chicago Executive Airport in 1994, Peter knew he wanted to become a pilot, and the journey only took him 27 years, when he received his private pilot license in 2021! Peter then decided to retire as a principal at a prominent actuarial consulting firm to pursue his flying dream. Now Peter is a full time flight instructor based at the very airport where he took his first introductory flight. Peter currently holds commercial, instrument, complex, high-performance and certified flight instructor ratings. As an immigrant, Peter is a firm believer that America is where dreams can become true.

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